We use the topological sub-structural molecular design (TOPS-MODE) approach to formulate structural alert rules for chromosome aberration (CA) of organic compounds. First, a classification model was developed to group chemicals as active/inactive respect to CA. A procedure for extracting structural information from orthogonalized TOPS-MODE descriptors was then implemented. The contributions of ...

It has previously been reported from this laboratory (Saz and Slie, 1954a) that chlortetracycline ("aureomycin") in concentrations of 1 to 100 ,ug per ml inhibited an enzyme complex from Escherichia coli strain E-26 mediating the reduction of chloramphenicol and other aromatic nitro compounds to the corresponding arylamines. The cofactor requirements for this organic nitro reductase were found ...

In the title compound, C(10)H(11)N(3)O(2), the nitro group is essentially coplanar with the aromatic ring [dihedral angle = 1.3 (3)°] and forms an intra-molecular amine-nitro N-H⋯O hydrogen bond. In the crystal, weak inter-molecular aromatic C-H⋯O(nitro) hydrogen bonds link the mol-ecules. Weak aromatic ring π-π inter-actions [minimum ring centroid separation = 3.7744 (13) Å] are also present.

The atmospheric chemistry of the 2- to 4-ring polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH), which exist mainly in the gas phase in the atmosphere, is discussed. The dominant loss process for the gas-phase PAH is by reaction with the hydroxyl radical, resulting in calculated lifetimes in the atmosphere of generally less than one day. The hydroxyl (OH) radical-initiated reactions and nitrate (NO3) radi...

RuCl2(phosphine)2(1,2-diamine) complexes, coupled with an alkaline base in 2-propanol, allows for preferential hydrogenation of a C=O function over coexisting conjugated or nonconjugated C=C linkages, a nitro group, halogen atoms, and various heterocycles. The functional group selectivity is based on the novel metal–ligand bifunctional mechanism. The use of appropriate chiral diphosphines and d...

We present improved correlations between theoretical and experimental determination of heat of formation of some aliphatic nitro compounds. The method is based on a previously given theoretical procedure, which is ameliorate through the introduction of suitable bond parameters. The comparison with available experimental data and previous theoretical estimation show a quite satisfactory improvem...